At a Batfamily meeting…
Red Robin: I found a cold case of ours that everyone foolishly said was unsolvable. Case 52ABX-32QJ.
Red Hood: Timbers, case 52ABX-32QJ is unsolvable.
Red Robin: *wiggling his eyebrows* Or maybe case 52ABX-32QJ is waiting for someone to de-unsolve it.
Nightwing: What’s case 52ABX-32QJ?
Robin: Case 52ABX… -Tt- We have to find a way to abbreviate this thing.
Tag: big brother of the year
Jason trying to convince Bruce to let him handle a case…
Jason: Bruce, with all due respect, this is an epic case. It’s (partly) the reason I became the Red Hood. Hunting down a murderer, recovering millions in stolen money, rapelling out of a chopper with a knife between my teeth.
Bruce: Why would you jump out of a helicopter with a knife in your mouth?
Jason: It’s called a chopper. And the knife is in my mouth because both of my hands are holding giant machine guns. And that’s how it’s going down.
Jason going undercover as a waiter at Batburger after Bruce suspended him from a case…
Jason: Pardon me. Did one of you order the Hot Plate of Justice?
Bruce: Jason, what are you doing here?
Jason: Saving Gotham City from a maniacal –
Customer: Um, excuse me? Are those my eggs?
Jason: You kind of interrupted an incredible moment, but here, take that.
On the run…
Red Hood [to Robin, about Titus]: I don’t want that dog dribbling on my seats.
Red Robin: Your seats? Jason, this is a stolen car, man.
Jason: *leans on the wall beside the refrigerator while watching a frowning Damian slowly take out an emptied paper bag labeled “Blood Son” from it*
Jason: Ah, there it is. The classic Damian Wayne look of query and frustration, mixed with a dash of “someone is gonna pay for this".
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And whoever dared eat the tofu he’s been saving better hide and hide fast.
When “dead Robins” team up…
Red Hood: What are we going to do?
Robin: *flicks a lighter open* I could start a fire.
Red Hood: No!
Red Hood: But keep that in your back pocket.
Arsenal: I have an idea…
Red Hood: Go on.
Arsenal: It’s deceptive and borderline unethical…
Red Hood: I’m listening.
Red Hood: *leans on a wall and slides down into a cross-legged, sitting position*
Red Hood: *checks his watch, sighs, puts down his binoculars and taps a foot impatiently against the rooftop floor*
Red Hood: *takes out his phone, opens incorrect-batfamily-quotes on Tumblr and scrolls through the “big brother of the year” tag*
Red Hood: *chuckles* I would totally do that. *browses* Yup, Timbo needs to sleep. *checks out the comments* That’s… nice. *looks to the sky as if he could use it to talk to someone from another Earth* Thanks… whoever you are. *scrunches his nose* And apparently… there’s a lot of you who think that I’m not too bad…
Red Hood: *gets up in a half a second flat, guns drawn*
Red Robin: *holding his hands up in surrender* Relax, relax. It’s just me.
Black Bat: *soundlessly stepping out of a dark corner* And me.
Nightwing: *hanging upside down and covering the eyeholes on Jason’s helmet* Aaaaand your favorite older brother.
Red Hood: *peeling Dick’s blue-striped fingers off* Look, I don’t give a bat’s butt what the old man said, I’m taking this case –
Robin: *jumps down from behind a gargoyle and throws his hands up in frustration* What took you so long, Todd?! This whole day has been wasted waiting for you!
Red Hood: – gonna freakin’ bring down those lowlives who took Kori no matter what it – Wait, wait. What exactly is going on here?
Nightwing: *smiling excitedly* There is no case, Little Wing.
Red Hood: I don’t –
Spoiler: *swings in from a nearby rooftop* Is he here? Did he buy – Oh, hey, Jay! Starfire’s giggling her orange-y, little head off watching you right now. *points to a hidden camera in a crevice*
Red Hood: WHAT? But the leads –
Red Robin: Were made up. I hacked into your personal satellite. Sent some signals here and there, bada-bing-bada-boom.
Red Hood: How is all this even – I can’t – How’d you guys get past me?
Batgirl: *rappelling from the Batjet with Duke* Because we helped them, duh. It was the only way to get you to come here today.
Red Hood: *takes his helmet off and rubs his face in utter confusion* I followed those leads for three weeks! I mean, Artemis and Bizarro –
Artemis: *lands on the rooftop on Bizarro’s back, shrugs and hands her sword to Damian, who greedily grabs it* Just pretended to be pissed that you had to leave for your “mission”.
Bizarro: We not sad Red Him gone!
The Signal: So does he mean he was or… ?
Red Hood: If this is some kind of *doing air-quotation marks* intervention, you tell that arrogant, self-righteous, emotionally –
Batman: – inept, leather-clad furry that it won’t work.
Red Hood:
Batman: I’d like to give it a try anyway.
Red Hood: But we… we’re supposed to… we hate each other…
Batman: *grins and ruffles Jason’s hair* Hn. Don’t believe everything you read, kid.
Red Hood: *grins sheepishly back*
The Signal: *looks around for secret passageways on the rooftop and whispers to Tim* Where’d the boss even come from?
Alfred [on the Comm Link]: *clears his throat loudly* If you’re all quite finished, the rest of your family and friends – *muffled* Mr. Harper, once again, that vase is a family heirloom and was never intended for target practice – are waiting.
Batman: Let’s get you home.
Red Hood: Right. I’m starving.
Alfred: Please do hurry up. The candles can only stay up for so long.
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I hope I’m not too late… Happy birthday, Jay!
Not his birthday, but… Just missed the fluff.
When you realize that your annoying little brother’s actually good for something…
Red Hood and Red Robin: *watching as Robin swiftly deciphers ancient symbols on the walls of a supervillain’s lair*
Red Hood: *whispering* That little turd could end up being our Rosetta Stone.
Why you don’t try to psychoanalyze your best friend…
Roy: What’re you afraid of, Jaybird?
Jason: I’m afraid of what I’m gonna do to you if you don’t shut up.
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And don’t tell me that Roy didn’t ask this while lying belly down on Jason’s bed with his chin propped up by both hands and his bent legs crisscrossing in the air.